Vocabulary
The people or animals in a story are called:
Characters
What? Who? or When?
Who
What do we ALWAYS do to the beginning of proper nouns?
Capitalize the first letter.
What is a verb?
An action word.
What type of story usually has talking animals and teaches a lesson?
Fable
Something known to be true is a:
Fact
Find the subject:
The moon is not green cheese.
Moon
What is the PLURAL form of the word "doctor"?
Doctors'
Doctors
Doctor's
Doctors
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What type of story usually has exaggerated characters and cannot be true?
Tall Tale
The opposite of fact, or a made-up story:
Fiction
Find the subject:
The sly fox flattered the foolish crow.
Fox
What is the possessive form of the word cashier?
Cashiers
Cashiers'
Cashier's
Cashier's
Find the VERB in the sentence, and decide what tense it is in:
The hamster acts like a person.
(tense options: past, present, future)
Acts, present tense
The Fox & The Crow is an example of what type of story?
Fable
Where and when a story takes place
Setting
Find the subject:
My hamster prepared me a delicious dinner.
Hamster
What is the possessive form of the word scientists?
Scientists
Scientists'
Scientist's
Scientists'
Find the VERB in the sentence, and decide what tense it is in:
The fox seemed truthful to Mrs. Crow.
(tense options: past, present, future)
Seemed, past tense.
The events that happen in a story:
Plot
Write a sentence with a hippo as the subject.
Teacher check.
Change the following three nouns into possessive nouns:
Table
Mrs. Young
Dentists
Table's
Mrs. Young's
Dentists'
Find the VERB in the sentence, and decide what tense it is in:
She will be successful in gym class.
(tense options: past, present, future)
Will be (or just be), future.
Paul Bunyan & Pecos Bill are characters from what type of story?
Tall Tale